Clinical Diagnosis has a High Negative Predictive Value in Evaluation of Malignant Skin Lesions

Table 1

Accuracy of clinical diagnosis based on first differential diagnosis.

Clinical diagnosis		N (percent)
Accurate diagnosis		223 (70.79%)
Accurate diagnosis in DDX, first diagnosis benign		49 (15.56%)
Diagnosis of malignancy, accurate diagnosis in DDX		9 (2.86%)
Accurate diagnosis not in the DDX	First diagnosis benign	15 (4.76%)
	First diagnosis malignant	11 (3.49%)
	No DDX mentioned	8 (2.54%)
Total		315 (100%)